UNESCO chief Irina Bokova slammed her own agency’s Arab-drafted resolution on Jerusalem, provoking outrage from the Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Malki. (The full text
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has distanced himself from UNESCO’s Arab-drafted resolution which disregards Jewish ties to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and Western Wall, as did UNESCO
Sudan’s delegate to the 200th UNESCO Executive Board session in Paris this week. Sudan co-sponsored the text and was one of only 24 out of
Sudan’s delegate to the 200th UNESCO Executive Board session in Paris this week. Sudan co-sponsored the text and was one of only 24 out of
ENEVA, July 15, 2016 — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is refusing to include any non-Islamic term for Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in a UNESCO resolution out of
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UPDATE: While Israeli news site NRG reported this morning that the Palestinians canceled today’s UNESCO vote on a draft resolution denying Jewish and Christian history in Jerusalem, in fact the
GENEVA, July 10, 2016 — United Nations Watch, a Geneva-based watchdog organization, expressed concern today that UNESCO may fuel anti-Jewish incitement and violence, and the increasing
In a highly controversial resolution, the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted 33-6 to strongly condemn Israel for alleged
“Building peace in the minds of men and women” Though its ruler Omar al-Bashir is wanted for genocide by the International Criminal Court, the regime of Sudan
GENEVA, July 18 – The independent Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch today called on U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power to oppose the candidacy of UNESCO chief